[dba-Tech] Rotten emails

[Arthur Fuller]

My guess as well. It happened to me a couple of years back. since then, I
have beefed up my security, but once the horse is out of the barn...

On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 12:13 PM Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> On 1/2/2022 9:43 AM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> > The text isn't the same, but the format is. They all have the same blue
> and
> > white graphic -- so that's what I'll do -- I hope you're right!
> >
> > The sender emails are usually people in my contact list.
>
> That strongly suggests that that 'puter had or has malware which
> harvested contact info.
>
> PB
>
> -----
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+ssharkins=
> gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com>
> > On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> > Sent: Sunday, January 2, 2022 2:37 AM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rotten emails
> >
> > They are almost certainly coming fro multiple comprmoised email
> > computers/email accounts via a botnet so there is no point in trying to
> > report them to anyone.
> >
> > The best you can do is flag them as spam. If the body content is always
> the
> > same, they should soon get blocked.
> >
> >
> > On 1 Jan 2022 at 18:59, Susan Harkins wrote:
> >
> >> For about three months, I've been receiving several emails a day from
> >> the same spammer. The subjects are always different, and rather
> >> enticing I might add. However, the body is exactly the same.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd like to report these guys, but I have no idea how to do this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The first complication is they're always from a different address.
> >> Second, I wouldn't know how to complain to.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Susan H.
> >>
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-- 
Arthur